National Republican., 1887-08-15

pre- sent the responsibility of the individual
member, and the Methodist church must show
what holy enthusiasm, hearty eongregationil
nation Of Christians must set forth all the doc
uincs Of the Bible, feel II is especially inonm.
b, mt upon each denomination to put psrticu.
lar emphasis on some one doctrine.
Another great damage done by the sectnrlau. |
ism and bigotry OF the church is that II dis
gusts people with the Christian religion. Now, |
my friends, the Church Of God was never in.
tended for n war barrack. People nre afraid
oi q riot. You go down the street aud you soc |
an excitement, and missiles flying through tho |
air, aud you hear the shock OF firearms. DO |
you. the peaceful and industrious citizen, ~ |
"Tll. go around the block" Now, men como |
and sometimes see the ecclesiastical brlckbats |
flying every whittier, and they say, Well, |
guess I'll take the broad road; ifi Is so rough,
narrow road, guess I'll try the broad roa1."
Francis / so hated the Luthersus that he
snid u he thought there was one drop OF Luth-
eIan blood in bis veins he would puncture
them and let that drop out Just as long as
there Is so much hostility between denomina-
tion ond denomination, or between one pro-
church and another, Just so long men will be
dlsRusted with the Christian religion, aud say,
"lf that Is religion, want none OF It,"
Again, bigotry and sectariapism do great
umph Of the Gospel. Oh, how much wasted
ammunition, Low many men OF splendid In.
tellect have given. Their. whole life to contro
life to something prsetlcal, they might have
been vastly useful Suppose this morning.
while speak, there were common enemy
ali he forts ri around arc New % Fork i' began pT To- Ere IRE
into each oiher-you would cry out, "National
suicide why don't those forts blaze away IN
enc Snemy And " yet ns soetmes ''S see eo IN the
church of the Lord Jesus Christ a strange
thing, gong on church against
tion against denomination. firing away iato
their own fort. or the fort which ought TO be on
the same side, instead OF concentrating their
energy and giving one mighty and everlasting
volley against the navies OF darkness riding up
through the bay
| 20 out som, times In tho summer, and I
find two bee hives, ana these two hives are In
quarrel. j come near enough. not to be
supg, but come just near enough to hear the
controversy. and Que bee hive, says "rhat
d Sf clover Is hS d and another
sweetest.' ! come in between them, and |
say Stop this quarrel Il you like that field
Of clover best, 20 there's If you like that field of
that hive which gets the most honey is the
best hive" So ! come out between the
churches of the, Lord Jesus Christ, One dc,
nomination of Christians says, "That field of
Christian doctiine ia best" and another says,
This field of Christian doctrine Is best"
s9 s1 shsrs ySSn Set hs %St
tue most honey OF Christian grace for the heart
aud the most honey Of Christian usefulness for
Beside that II you want to build up any
denomination, you will never build 1t up by
trying to pull some other down. Intolerance
never put any ything down. How much has in.
the Methodist Church? For long years her
ministry were forbidden the pulpits OF
Great Britain. Why was 1t that 50
eidsY Simply because Se they could not 10 get in IN
the churches. And the name of the church
was given In derision and az sarcasm. The
critics of the church said, "They have no Or
der, they have no method I'm their worship"
"Methodists
kept as curiositits, there are seven hundred
and seven books and pamphlets against Meth.
odism. Did intolerance stop that church? MOI
tions of Christendom, her missionary stations
in all parts of the world, her men not only i'm
porlant in:religious trusts but important also
in secular trusts Church marching on.aud the
more intolerance against It, the faster 1t
marched.
What did intolerance accomplish against the
Baptist church? II laughing scorn and TRADE
have to- day disciple left.
The Baptists were hurled out of Boston In
olden times. Those who sympathized with
them were confined, and when petition was
offered asking LEI icncy in their behalf all the
men who signed II were indicted. Has intoler-
ance stopped the Baptist church? The last
statistics In regard 70 i showed about thirty
thousand churches aud two and a half mil
lion COMMITMENTS. Intolerance never nut
In England law was made against the
Jew England thrust back the Jew aud thru.t
down the Jew, and declared that no Jew should
% hold % official po,ition;; WHIT came meet fitY Were Were
Of England years agoY Who was next to tho
throne? who was higher than the throne be-
cause he was counselor and adviser? The de-
nf a Intp tni a.tfAa ALL al. it,,f.
| In oil our churches as well as synagogues q
few years Go1 The one hundredth birthday
anniversary of Montetiore, the great Jewish
philanlhropist. lntolerance never yet put
III. But now, my friends, having shown
| you the origin OF bigotry or sectaranisni, and
want briefly to show you how we are TO war
| against this terrible evil and think we
ought to begin our war by realizing our own
many mstaEe es in the common affairs oflife, is II
| not possible that we may make mistakes In re-
| gard to our religious afiairs? Shall we take a
cannot see religious truth; just as We do? Iq
| the light OF eternity 1t Will be found out, l
think, there was something wrong In all our
creeds. and something right in all our
| cTeeds. But since we may make mistakes
| in regard to things OF the world. do not let us
be egotistic and SO pulled up as to have an idea
that we cannot make any mistake 10 regard 70
do great deal 10 overthrow the sectarisnism
| from our heart and the sectaranism from the
world by chiefly enlarging upon those things
In which s,aa weagrec rather than those oil which
Now, here is great Gospel platform. a
man comes up on this side, The platform aud
s ISSHe aSn b% Sssye o Here IL sey mea aamu
up on this side the platform. and he says; ~ -"
% Sf ho sssy' Shall shdRs Ss PP o No
for Tor" eteTniyPd He says Yes" "Do YOU YOU take
Christ for time and for eternity?" "Yes."
say, "Come on, brother: one In time ana one
IN eternity: brother now, brother forever"
Blessed be God for Gospel platform SO large
that all who receive Christ may stand ON 1t
taiianism and bigotry in our hearts, and in
@ depSmina.Ion q Christians Chr Hans have Yielded q
nothing that 50 stlrs my soul as this thought
One denomination yielded a Robert Hall and
an Adoniram Judson; another yielded a
John Wesley and the blessed summerdeid
while our own denomination yielded John
Knox and the Acknowledgment OF whom the
snd ES MEN, whSa ih u We
up in the presence of such churches and such
denominations, although they may be different
from our own, we ought to admire them, and
| which can produce such men, and such large
hearted charity, and such magnificent martyr
dom, ought to- win our affection, at any rate
our respect So come on, ye four hundred
thousand Episcopaians In this country, and
| ye eight hundred thousand Presbyterlans, and
20 two and half million Baptists, and yC
three aud three.quaIter million Methodists
come on, shoulder to shoulder we will march
| for the worlds conquest for all nations are Il
be saved. and God demands that you and
help TO do 1t. Forward, the whole line.
| Moreover, we may also overthrow tho feel
ing Of severe sectarianism by joining Other
denominations. In Christian work; l like
when the springtlme comes and the ami
| yersaIy occasions begin, and all denomlnu
lions come upon the same platform, Thai
| overthrows sectarianlsm. In the Young Mems
Christian Association, In the Bible Society, In
the Tract Society, In the Foreign Missionary
Society, shoulder 10 shoulder all denomina'
| tions.